Friday, March 31, 2017

Kate Cambridge is an emerging author of Sweet Historical Romance and Sweet Contemporary Romance. She is a hopeless romantic, strong supporter of women's rights, and loves to create stories that inspire, and characters who seem real long after "The End."

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Monica has to leave home, fast. Her parents are planning to
marry her off and although all her friends are marrying, that is definitely not
what she wants. She’s seventeen, an amateur sleuth, and sees no reason why
she can’t join the ranks of the local lawman, or even become a Texas Ranger,
should she choose!

What will happen when she visits her best friend
in Texas, only to find herself face-to-face with a handsome Texas Ranger, and
knee-deep in territory she has no idea how to navigate?

“It wasn’t until that moment that
she realized she’d put herself in a terrible position. Unless she was willing
to return to the arms of a man she detested, she no longer had a home to return
to, and though Jacob and Ellen were quite welcoming and kind, she had no idea
how long their generosity would last. She was homeless, and isolated in a place
where just the thought of a woman going for a walk alone brought panic out in a
man as strong as Jacob. Her heart sunk as she began to consider that she might
have made a terrible mistake.”

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Thursday, March 30, 2017

Amelia C. Adams has lived many lifetimes, and is
currently enjoying this stretch as the author of sweet and clean Western
romance. She is the author of the Kansas Crossroads series, the Nurses of New
York series, and contributed two books to the American Mail-Order Brides series
- with ideas for many more. You can learn more about her and her books on her website.

The summer Meredith turned eighteen was filled with romance
and laughter - two young men sought her hand, and she chose the one she thought
would make her the happiest. He certainly was the most handsome, and the
wealthiest, and could offer her the most pleasant life. But that turned out to
be a mistake . . . one she would regret for a very long time.

In a strange twist of fate, now she's being given a chance to
set things right. Will she be able to live down her past, or will her
foolishness keep coming back to haunt her and keep her from ever being happy
with the man she loves?

Sidney Atwell looked up from the newspaper as Meredith entered the kitchen, her dress completely soaked around the bottom six inches, holding up several fish in her right hand. “Are you hungry?” she asked him, nodding toward her catch. “Not at the moment. Your mother fixed a fine supper, which you missed.”“I’m sorry, Father. Luke and I went fishing, and he didn’t think they’d bite, but I proved him wrong.” She looked down at the floor and noticed that she was leaving a little puddle. “I’d better get this cleaned up before Mother sees me.”Sidney rose from the table. “Give the fish to me and go change. I’ll get the water off the floor too.” “Thank you!” She handed off her smelly burden and did her best to tiptoe across the room, hoping that would reduce how much water she left behind, but it was no use. It squelched out of her shoes with every step. It wouldn’t have if Luke hadn’t pushed her into the stream as they walked home. Her shoes would take a day or two to dry out, but she had another pair, and it was worth it to see him laughing and joking again. Only once or twice did he seem awkward about being with her, when something was said that reminded them about the shift in their relationship, and then they were able to laugh about something new. They’d be all right—she was certain of it.She put on a dry dress and a new pair of stockings, then pulled on her house slippers and went back to the kitchen. Jemima stood there, her hands on her hips, looking at the pot of fish now sitting in the center of the table. “And this is why you missed dinner?” she asked.“I’m sorry. I just couldn’t pass up a chance for some fun. I start working for Mrs. Crosby tomorrow, and this just felt like one last moment of childhood.”Jemima exhaled and shook her head. “Well, at least Luke already gutted them. One less thing for me to worry about.”Meredith looked down at the floor. “I actually did the gutting, Mother.”“What? You did the gutting? Where did you learn how to do that?”“From Luke, of course.”Jemima shook her head again. “I try to raise young ladies, and what do I get?”Meredith put her hand on her mother’s shoulder. “You were going to gut them to cook them, weren’t you? What’s the difference?”“The difference is that I’m an old housewife and you’re a fresh young girl who should be keeping your hands pretty and learning what it means to be a woman in society.”Meredith laughed. “So once you’re an old housewife, you don’t get to be pretty anymore? I don’t believe that, Mother. I think you’re one of the prettiest women I know.”Jemima waved her hand. “Go on with you now,” she said, even though she looked pleased. “There’s some bread and butter and leftover soup. You’ll need to warm it up—it was hot during dinnertime, but the later you are, the colder it gets.”“I don’t mind warming it up.”Meredith watched her mother out of the corner of her eye while she heated her soup. True, Jemima wasn’t very fashionable, but she had a quiet strength that made her infinitely beautiful. That was the only kind of beauty Meredith really wanted.

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

I am a stay at home mom, who loves to read and write clean
historical romance. I enjoy thinking back to a simpler time, a time when men
and women were true heroes. I also believe that a good romance can be told
without needing to know all of the details;)

All of my stories will tell of people who find true love, and
who find their happy ever after. Sometimes the road might be rocky, but that
makes it all worthwhile!

Cora left England for a new life in America as a mail order
bride - only to find the man she’s come to marry has been killed in a gunfight.
She has a sister in Kansas, but how can she get there?

Jesse needs this job driving cattle to Kansas so he can marry
the woman who’s given him an ultimatum - buy land and settle down, or she’ll
marry someone who will.

But, his cook’s been killed in the same gunfight, leaving him
without anyone to drive the chuckwagon. His right hand man, an old cowboy with
a soft heart, has a solution for both Cora and Jesse - one he might not like.

Dressed as a boy, Cora heads off with a team of cowboys, led by
a man who isn’t happy about her being there. Kansas is a long way away…and a
lot can happen before they get there.

"It's beautiful,
Grandma." He smiled up at the woman
who was looking at the quilt with pride.

"It's for you. I made it for when you marry. It's meant to be a symbol of a love that
can't be unbroken. The pattern is an
Irish Chain." Her eyes stayed on
his as she sat in the chair across from him.
"Marriage is a serious commitment, and not one to be taken lightly. Love is meant to be forever, and it should be
given freely, without conditions."

He swallowed hard. His grandma always seemed to know his
thoughts.

"You know I've always
told Harriet we’d marry. We've known
since we were kids. I gave her my word,
and I'm not a man to take that lightly."

"Do you love
her?"

At the blunt question, he
felt his heart lurch.

"Grandma, what kind
of a question is that?"

"It seems a simple
yes or no answer to me. Do you love her?"

He looked down at the
quilt in his hands, trying to find the answer he searched for.

"That quilt is a
symbol of the love you will share with the woman you marry. You need to know that the woman who is under
the quilt with you every night, is the woman you want to spend your days with
for the rest of your life."

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Running from hostile Indians attacking Salina, Kansas in 1862,
feisty Kizzie Atwell, Grandma Mary’s oldest grandchild, runs into freighter
Leander Jones traveling the Smoky Hill Trail. He is as interested in her as his
stallion is in her mare. The two join forces to prevent the Fort Riley Army
captain from requisitioning their beloved horses for the cavalry. Avoiding
bushwhackers and fighting off a thieving bullwhacker binds their bargain.

In 1865, at the victory dance held at Fort Riley to celebrate
the end of the Civil War, Kizzie is asked to participate in a fund-raiser to
aid the Sanitary Commission helping injured and sick soldiers. It involves
chaste sweetheart kisses in exchange for tickets purchased by officers and
guests. As a contract freighter for the Army, Leander is invited. Much to
Leander’s chagrin, before his chance to claim his kiss, Kizzie’s uncle steps in
and puts an end to the kissing game.

Is Leander out of luck, or will the bargain Kizzie and Leander
made three years earlier to save their horses lead to a more romantic bargain
sealed with a kiss?

Kizzie heard the whinny
and snort of fear. She felt something tug the reins out of her hands as
Sugarcone began to step back. Something or someone was behind her trying to
steal her horse.

Kizzie pulled the pepperbox pistol out of her waistband as
she spun around. “Drop the reins! Don’t you dare try to steal my horse.”

Kizzie’s eyes widened and her breath began to heave as she
took in the appearance of the filthy, poorly dressed man twice her size that
stood before her. He was of average height, but the width of his shoulders and
his barrel chest above his bulging stomach spoke of bulk strength. His dark beard
and moustache bushed full over the lower half of his tanned face coated with
dust. A sweat and dirt-encrusted misshapen slouch hat covered his head. His
sunken eyes narrowed even further as his mouth split into a mocking grin. He
raised his hands, but never let loose of the reins.

“Naw, you don’t want to shoot no one with that silly little
pop gun. You just hand it over real nice. I’ll take that and the horse and
leave you be.”

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Monday, March 27, 2017

Kate Cambridge is an emerging author of Sweet Historical Romance
and Sweet Contemporary Romance. She is a hopeless romantic, strong supporter of
women's rights, and loves to create stories that inspire, and characters who
seem real long after "The End."

Visit KateCambridge.com for more information, or
KateCambridge.com/Choice to join the Choice Readers group for special
launch-day pricing, contest, and more. Be one of the first to know what happens
next...

One year ago Hannah Quinn scored her dream job, and now the fate
of the museum she loves will rise or fall on her next exhibit. But wait...
there's a problem. She doesn't have a clue what her next exhibit will be!

When a trunk with two quilts is donated to the museum, Hannah's
boss thinks she's wasting her time chasing down the history of the quilts,
regardless of their beauty; but Hannah persists. She knows there's something
special about these quilts, and a story that demands to be told.

Little does Hannah know, her friend Callum, a researcher and
consultant, plays an unexpected a role in her investigation that leads to
questions and discoveries that threaten the foundation of all she holds most
dear.

Will her desperation to discover the story of the quilts cause
her to lose the very thing she loves the most - or will the secrets she uncover
lead her to more than she ever dreamed?

“Time and experience teach us things that often books can’t,
Hannah. For some, quilting was one way to record memories at a time when many
women were not permitted to learn how to read or write. The quilts were often
placed on the laps of the elderly, both to keep them warm and to allow them to
travel through the memories the quilt contained. Too often now, we rely on
technology to store our memories. But if we are no longer lucid enough to work
a computer, how will we relive our
memories?”

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